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OFFICERS MEMBERS 


CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS 


OF THE 


COLONY CLUB 


ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO 


MADISON AVENUE 


NEW YORK 


1908 



COLONY CLUB 

Organized December 7, 1903 



OFFICERS 
President 

Mrs. J. BORDEN HARRIMAN 

First Vice-President 

. Mrs. RICHARD IRVIN 

Second Vice-President 

♦ Mrs. JOHN JACOB. ASTOR 

Secretary 

Mrs. FRANCIS HIGGINSON CABOT 

Treasurer 

. Miss ANNE MORGAN 



ADVISORY BOARD 

•Mr. J. PIERPONT MORGAN 

Mr. FRANK L. POLK 

Mr. R. H. WILLIAMS 

Assistant Treasurer 

Mr. THOMAS BENEDICT CLARKE, Jr. 



BOARD OF GOVERNORS 

Term Expiring January 1909 

Mrs. HEBER REGINALD BISHOP 

Mrs. THOMAS HASTINGS 

Miss ELISABETH MARBURY 

Miss FLORENCE M. RHETT 

Miss DOROTHY WHITNEY 



Term Expiring January 1910 

Miss KATE BRICE 

**■**■ Mrs. WALTER DAMROSCH 

Miss ANNE MORGAN 

Mrs. H. FAIRFIELD OSBORN 

Mrs. EGERTON L. WINTHROP, Jr. 



BOARD OF GOVERNORS 

Term Expiring January 1911 

Mrs. ARCHIBALD S. ALEXANDER 

Mrs. JOHN JACOB ASTOR 

Mrs. J. BORDEN HARRIMAN 

Mrs. RICHARD IRVIN 

Miss MARY PARSONS 



Term Expiring January 1912 

Mrs. FRANCIS HIGGINSON CABOT 

Mrs. JOHN E. COWDIN 

Miss CAROLINE DE FOREST 

Mrs. WALTER MAYNARD 

MRS. PAYNE WHITNEY 



HOUSE COMMITTEE 
Miss ELISABETH MARBURY 

Chairman 

Miss ANNE MORGAN 

Miss MARY PARSONS 

Mrs. HARRY T. PETERS 

Mrs. LION GARDINER 



FINANCE COMMITTEE ' 
Mrs. HEBER REGINALD BISHOP 

Chairman 

Mrs. ARCHIBALD S. ALEXANDER 
Mrs. GEORGE HOPE MAIRS 



COMMITTEE ON LITERATURE & ART 
Mrs. WALTER MAYNARD 

/ Chairman 

Miss MARY HARRIMAN 

Mrs. GEORGE C. RIGGS 

Mrs. HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY 

Mrs. EGERTON L. WINTHROP, Jr. 



COMMITTEE ON ATHLETICS 
Miss FLORENCE M. RHETT 

Chairman 

Mrs. JOHN E. COWDIN 
Mrs. DANIEL W. EVANS 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 

January 8, 1908 

A 

MEMBERS DATE OF ELECTION 

ABBE, MRS. ROBERT * 

ADAMS, MRS. EDWARD D June 3, 1907 

ADAMS, MRS. FREDERICK B * 

ADAMS, MISS MAUDE * 

ALDRICH, MRS. JAMES HERMAN * 

ALDRICH, MISS MARY L * 

ALDRICH, MRS. RICHARD * 

ALEXANDER, MRS. ARCHIBALD * 

ALEXANDER, MRS. ARCHIBALD S * 

ALEXANDER, MRS. CHARLES B * 

ALEXANDER, MRS. HENRY ADDISON...* 

ALEXANDER, MRS. WALTER * 

ALLIEN, MRS. FREDERICK. . .Nov. 13, 1907 

ANDERSON, MRS. ELLERY O * 

ANDERTON, MRS. WILLIAM B * 



12 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

APPLETON, MRS. FRANCIS R * 

APPLETON, MISS MALVINA * 

APPLETON, MISS MARY.. * 

ARCHBOLD, MRS. JOHN F * 

ASTOR, MRS. JOHN JACOB.. * 

AUCHINCLOSS, MRS. HUGH D * 

AUERBACH, MRS. JOSEPH S. .* 

AVERY, MRS. FRANK M * 

AYMAR, MRS. JOSE ....* 

B 

BACON, MRS. DANIEL Nov. 13, 1907 

BACON, JR., MRS. F. McNEIL , * 

BACON, MRS. GORHAM * 

BACON, MRS. ROBERT * 

BACON, MRS. WALTER RATHBONE * 

EAKER, MRS. GEORGE F * 

BAKER, MRS. WENDELL * 

BANGS, MRS. FRANCIS SEDGWICK * 

BANKS, MISS L. P * 

BARGER, MRS. MILTON S * 

BARNES, MISS CORA F * 

BARNES, MISS SARAH P * 

BARNEY, MRS. J. STEWART * 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 13 

BARRYMORE, MISS ETHEL * 

BARTLETT, MRS. FRANKLIN * 

BATCHELLER, MRS. ADAMS * 

BEAMAN, MISS MARGARET * 

BEARD, MRS. ANSON McCOOK * 

BEASTON, MISS ANNE * 

BE ATT Y, MRS. A. CHESTER. . . June 3, 1907 

BECKWITH, MRS. CARROLL * 

BEECKMAN, MRS. R. LIVINGSTON * 

BELL, MRS. EDWARD * 

BELL, MRS. E. HAMILTON * 

BELMONT, MRS. OLIVER H. P * 

BELT, MRS. HENRY * 

BEND, MISS BEATRICE * 

BEND, MRS. GEORGE H * 

BENJAMIN, MRS. W. EVARTS * 

BENKARD, MRS. HARRY H * 

BENKARD, MRS. JAMES * 

BERRY, MRS. JOHN K * 

BERTRON, MRS. SAMUEL READING * 

BERWIND, MRS. EDWARD J * 

BETTLE, MRS. SAMUEL .■:* 

BIGELOW, MISS GRACE * 

BIGELOW, MRS. LEWIS SHERRILL * 



14 RESIDENT MEMBERS 




BILLINGS, MISS ELIZABETH. . Jan. 8, 


1908 


BISHOP, MRS. FRANCIS C 


* 


BISHOP, MRS. HEBER REGINALD... 


* 


BITTER, MRS. KARL 


. .* 



BLAIR, MRS. C. LEDYARD * 

BLAIR, MRS. JAMES A Oct. 9, 1907 

BLASHFIELD, MRS. E. H * 

BLISS, MISS CATHERINE A * 

BLISS, MRS. GEORGE T * 

BLISS, MISS SUSAN D * 

BLISS, MRS. WALTER P * 

BLISS, MRS. WILLIAM H * 

BLODGETT, MISS ELEANOR * 

BLODGETT, MRS. WILLIAM T. June 3, 1907 

BLOODGOOD, MRS. H. K * 

BOISSEVAIN, MRS. G. LOUIS * 

BONNER, MRS. PAUL RUSSELL * 

BORLAND, MISS MAUD RIVES * 

BORROWE, MRS. HALLETT ALSOP * 

BRICE, MISS HELEN O * 

BRICE, MISS KATE * 

BROCKIE, MRS. WILLIAM Oct. g, 1907 

BROUGHTON, MRS. URBAN H * 

BROWN, MRS. CARROLL * 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 



15 



BROWN, MRS. CHARLES S * 

BROWNE, MRS. G. MORGAN.. Nov. 13, 1907 

BROWN, MRS. MARTHA BROOKES * 

BROWN, MRS. VERNON C Oct. 9, 1907 

BRYCE, MISS CORNELIA E * 

BRYCE, MRS. LLOYD * 

BULL, MRS. FREDERIC * 

BULL, MRS. HENRY W * 

BULL, MRS. ROBERT MACLAY * 

BULL, MRS. WILLIAM LANMAN * 

BULL, MRS. WILLIAM T * 

BURDEN, JR., MRS. JAMES A * 

BURDEN, MRS. HENRY * 

BURDEN, MRS. WILLIAMS P * 

BURR, MRS. WINTHROP * 

BUSH, MRS. D. FAIRFAX Oct. 9, 1907 

BUTLER, MRS. PRESCOTT HALL * 

BYRNE, MRS. JAMES * 

c 

CABOT, MRS. FRANCIS HIGGINSON * 

CALDWELL, MISS REBECCA A * 

CALLENDER, MISS MARY R * 

CAMERON, MISS CATHARINE N * 



16 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

CAMMANN, MRS. HENRY LORILLARD..* 

CAMPBELL, MRS. JOHN * 

CAREY, MRS. FREDERIC FOSTER * 

CARHART, MRS. AMORY SIBLEY * 

CARY, MISS KATE * 

CHAMBERS, MRS. ROBERT W.Nov. 13, 1907 

CHAPIN, MRS. CHARLES M * 

CHAPIN, MRS. LINDLEY HOFFMAN * 

CHASE, MRS. GEORGE H Jan. 8, 1908 

CHAUNCEY, MRS. ELIHU * 

CHEEVER, MISS GERTRUDE G * 

CHENEY, MISS ANNE W * 

CHENEY, MISS LOUISE * 

CHICKERING, MRS. JOHN J.... Jan. 8, 1908 

CHILDS, MISS AUGUSTA D Jan. 8, 1908 

CHISOLM, MRS. BENJAMIN O * 

CHISHOLM, MRS. EDWARD DE CLIF- 
FORD * 

CHISHOLM, MRS. HUGH J * 

CHOATE, MISS MABEL Jan. 8, 1908 

CLARK, MISS EDITH G * 

CLARK, MRS. GEORGE CRAWFORD * 

CLARK, MRS. J. FRANCIS A.... Jan. 8, 1908 
CLARK, MRS. PHILIP ALLEN * 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 17 

CLARKE, MRS. THOMAS B....Nov. 13, 1907 

CLARKE, MISS ANNA M * 

CLEWS, MRS. HENRY * 

COCKCROFT, MRS. EDWARD T * 

COCKCROFT, MISS ELISABETH V * 

COCKRAN, MRS. W. BOURKE. .Nov. 13, 1907 

CODMAN, MRS. OGDEN * 

COE, MRS. HENRY CLARKE * 

COLBY, MRS. EVERETT * 

COLLIER, MRS. PRICE * 

COLLIER, MRS. ROBERT J * 

COOPER, MRS. CHARLES W * 

COPPELL, MRS. ARTHUR * 

COPPELL, MRS. HERBERT * 

CORBIN, MRS. JOHN * 

COTTENET, MISS FANNY M * 

COWDIN, MISS ETHEL * 

COWDIN, MRS. JOHN E * 

CRAM, MRS. J. SERGEANT * 

CRAVATH, MRS. PAUL D * 

CROMWELL, MRS. SEYMOUR L * 

CROSBY, MISS ELEANOR * 

CROTHERS, MISS RACHEL * 

CUTTING, MRS. WILLIAM BAYARD * 



18 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

CUYLER, MRS. CORNELIUS C * 

CUYLER, MISS ELEANOR DE GRAFF....* 

D 

DAHLGREN, MRS. ERIC B * 

DALY, MISS HARRIOT * 

DALZIEL, MRS. FREDERICK Y. .May i, 1907 

DAMROSCH, MRS. FRANK H * 

DAMROSCH, MRS. WALTER * 

DAVENPORT, MRS. IRA * 

DAVIES, MRS. FREDERICK MARTIN * 

DAVIS, MRS. FELLOWES * 

DAVIS, MRS. HOWLAND * 

DAVIS, MRS. RICHARD HARDING, 

Nov. 13, 1907 
DAVIS, JR., MRS. THOMAS B. . .May 1, 1907 

DAY, MISS LAURA V * 

DECKER, MRS. JAMES W May 1, 1907 

DE COPPET, MISS BEATRICE * 

DE COPPET, MISS GERTRUDE * 

DE FOREST, MISS CAROLINE * 

DEGENER, MRS. RUDOLPH. . .Nov. 13, 1907 

DE HEREDIA, MRS. CARLOS M * 

DE KOVEN, MRS. REGINALD * 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 19 

DE LAUGIER-VILLARS, COUNTESS 

HENRI Oct. 9, 1907 

DELANO, MISS LAURA F * 

DELANO, JR., MRS. WARREN * 

DENNIS, MRS. FREDERIC S * 

DE WOLFE, MISS ELSIE * 

DICKERMAN, MRS. WATSON B * 

DILWORTH, MRS. JOSEPH R * 

DIMOCK, MRS. HENRY F * 

DODGE, MRS. ARTHUR M * 

DODGE, MRS. M. HARTLEY * 

DODGE, MRS. MARSHALL J * 

DODGE, MRS. WILLIAM EARL * 

DOUGLAS, MISS E. S * 

DOUGLAS, MRS. WILLIAM P * 

DRAPER, MRS. WILLIAM H * 

DREXEL, MRS. JOHN R * 

DUN, MRS. ROBERT G * ■ 

DUNCAN, JR., MRS. WILLIAM B * 

DUNHAM, MRS. CARROLL * 

DUNHAM, MRS. EDWARD KELLOGG....* 

DUNHAM, MISS HELEN * 

DUNNE, MRS. FINLEY P * 

DURYEA, MRS. HARRY H * 



20 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

DURYEA, MRS. HERMAN B * 

DUVAL, MRS. H. RIEMAN * 

DYER, MRS. E. TIFFANY * 

E 

EDGAR, MRS. J. CLIFTON Oct. 9, 1907 

EDGAR, MRS. NEWBOLD LE ROY * 

EDWARDS, MISS DOROTHY P * 

EDWARDS, MRS. J. PIERREPONT * 

ELDRIDGE, MRS. FREDERICK L * 

ELLIMAN, MRS. DOUGLAS L. .Nov. 13, 1907 

ELLIMAN, MRS. LAWRENCE B * 

ELLIS, MRS. RALPH N * 

ELLSWORTH, MISS CLARE .... Oct. 9, 1907 
ELLSWORTH, MRS. DUNCAN STEWART* 

ELLSWORTH, MRS. JAMES W * 

ELLSWORTH, MRS. JOHN MAGEE * 

ELY, MRS. ALFRED * 

EMERSON, MRS. W. K. BOND * 

EMERY, MRS. JOHN J * 

EMMET, MRS. C. TEMPLE * 

EMMET, MRS. DEVEREUX * 

EMMET, MRS. JOHN DUNCAN * 

ENO, MISS MARY PINCHOT. .Dec. 11, 1907 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 21 

ENO, MRS. HARRY LANE * 

EVANS, MRS. CADWALADER * 

EVANS, MRS. DANIEL W * 

EWING, JR., MRS. THOMAS * 

F 

FABBRI, MRS. ERNESTO G * 

FAHNESTOCK, MRS. GIBSON.... * 

FAHNESTOCK, MRS. WILLIAM * 

FANSHAWE, MRS. WILLIAM S * 

FANSHAWE, MISS JESSIE J. . .Feb. 13, 1908 

FAIRCHILD, MRS. CHARLES S * 

FARQUHAR, MRS. WILLIAM J. .May 1, 1907 

FELLOWES, MISS CAROLYN W * 

FINCH, MRS. JAMES W * 

FISH, MRS. STUYVESANT * 

FISHER, MRS. H. J * 

FORD, MRS. H. WARD * 

FOX, MISS ALICE * 

FOX, MRS. AUSTEN G * 

FRANCKLYN, MRS. CHARLES G * 

FRASER, MRS. GEORGE C June 3, 1907 

FREEMAN, MISS GERTRUDE A * 

FRENCH, MRS. JOHN * 



22 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

FRENCH, MRS. S. BARTON * 

FREVERT, MRS. H. F * 

FULTON, JR., MRS. E. M *. 

FURNISS, MISS CLEMENTINA * 

G 

GADE, MRS. JOHN ALLYNE. . . June 3, 1907 
GALLATIN, JR., MRS. FREDERIC, 

Oct. 9, 1907 

GAMBRILL, MRS. RICHARD * 

GARDINER, MRS. LION * 

GARRARD, MISS MARGARET H * 

GAYLEY, MRS. JAMES * 

GEER, MRS. LANGDON * 

GERARD, MRS. JAMES WATSON * 

GILBERT, MRS. CLINTON * 

GERRY, MISS ANGELICA L * 

GIBERT, MISS GERTRUDE .... Nov. 13, 1907 

GILDER, MISS JEANNETTE L * 

GILDER, MRS. JOSEPH B * 

GODWIN, MISS NORA * 

GOELET, MRS. OGDEN * 

GOODRIDGE, MRS. FREDERIC GROSVE- 
NOR * 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 23 

GOODWIN, MRS. JAMES J * 

GOULD, MRS. GEORGE JAY .* 

GOVIN, MRS. R. R * 

GRAHAM, MRS. ROBERT DUN * 

GRANT, MISS KATHRIN MANICE * 

GRANT, MRS. PETER GEDDES * 

GRANT, MRS. ULYSSES S * 

GRAVES, MRS. WILLIAM LEON, 

May i, 1907 

GRAY, MRS. JOHN C * 

GREEN, MRS. JAMES O * 

GREEN, MISS SUSANNE LIVINGSTON..* 

GREENOUGH, MRS. JOHN June 3, 1907 

GRISWOLD, MRS. FRANK GRAY * 

GRISWOLD, MRS. JOHN WOOL * 

GROSVENOR, MRS. JAMES B. M., 

Nov. 13, 1907 

GURNEE, MISS BELL B * 

GURNEE, MISS MARY L * 

GUTHRIE, MRS. CHARLES S...June 3, 1907 
GUTHRIE, MRS. WILLIAM D * 

H 

HACKETT, MISS MINNIE L * 



24 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

HADDEN, MRS. JOHN ASPINWALL, 

Dec. ii, 1907 

HAGGIN, MRS. JAMES B June 3, 1907 

HALL, MRS. M. BRADY * 

HALL, MRS. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS * 

HAMILTON, MISS ELIZABETH STEWART 

Feb. 13, 1908 

HAMILTON, MISS MARIE V .....* 

HAMILTON, MRS. WILLIAM A. .Oct. 9, 1907 

HAMILTON, MRS. WM. PIERSON * 

HAMMOND, MRS. OGDEN H * 

HAPGOOD, MRS. NORMAN C * 

HARDENBERGH, MRS. WILLIAM P * 

HARDING, MRS. J. HORACE * 

HARKNESS, MRS. CHARLES W * 

HARKNESS, MRS. EDWARD S * 

HARKNESS, MRS. WILLIAM L.Nov. 13, 1907 

HARMON, MRS. CLIFFORD BURKE * 

HARRIMAN, MRS. E. H * 

HARRIMAN, MRS. J. ARDEN * 

HARRIMAN, MRS. J. BORDEN * 

HARRIMAN, MRS. JOSEPH W * 

HARRIMAN, MISS MARY * 

HARRIMAN, MRS. OLIVER * 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 25 

KARRIS, MRS. ALBERT HALL * 

HARRIS, MRS. K. B * 

HARTSHORNE, MRS. JAMES MOTT, 

Dec. ii, 1907 

HASTINGS, MRS. THOMAS. .....* 

HAVEMEYER, MISS ELECTRA. * 

HAVEMEYER, MRS. FRED C * 

HAVEMEYER, MRS. HENRY O * 

HAVEN, MRS. GEORGE G * 

HENDERSON, MRS. EDWARD CAIRNS..* 

HENNING, MRS. JAMES W * 

HEWITT, MISS ELEANOR G * 

HEWITT, MRS. EDWARD R * 

HEWITT, MRS. PETER COOPER * 

HEWITT, MISS SARAH COOPER * 

HIGGINSON, MRS. J. J * 

HITCHCOCK, JR., MRS. THOMAS * 

HODGES, MRS. AMORY G . .* 

HOFFMAN, MRS. CHARLES F * 

HOFFMAN, MISS MARY U * 

HOOKER, MRS. RANSOM SPAFARD * 

HOOPER, MRS. N. NEWLIN * 

HOPKINS, MRS. EUSTIS LANGDON, 

Nov. 13, 1907 



26 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

HOPPIN, MISS FRANCES STREET * 

HOWLAND, MRS. HENRY E * 

HOYT, MISS ELIZABETH B. S. .Oct. 9, 1907 

HOYT, MISS JULIA M * 

HOYT, MRS. LOUIS T * 

HUMPHREYS, MRS. EDWARD WALSH. . .* 

HUNT, MRS. LEIGH * 

HUNTINGTON, MRS. ARCHER M * 

HURST, MISS ETHEL W * 

HUTCHINSON, MRS. CARY T * 

I 

IDE, MRS. GEORGE EDWARD * 

IRVIN, MRS. RICHARD * 

ISELIN, MRS. ARTHUR * 

ISELIN, MRS. C. OLIVER * 

ISELIN, MISS GEORGINE * 

ISELIN, MISS THERESE * 

ISELIN, MRS. WILLIAM E * 

IVES, MRS. BRAYTON Nov. 13, 1907 

IVES, MISS WINIFRED * 

J 

J AFFRAY, MRS. REGINALD H * 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 27 

JAMES, MRS. ARTHUR CURTISS * 

JAMES, MRS. WALTER B * 

JAY, MRS. WILLIAM * 

JENNINGS, MISS A. B * 

JENNINGS, MRS. OLIVER GOULD * 

JOHNSON, MRS. RALPH M * 

JOLINE, MRS. ADRIAN HOFFMAN, 

May i, 1907 

JONES, MRS. EDWARD RENSHAW * 

JONES, MRS. GILBERT EDWARD * 

JONES, MISS JEANNETTE C * 

JONES, MISS MABEL IRVING * 

JONES, MRS. PEMBROKE * 

K 

KANE, MRS. JOHN I * 

KANE, MISS LOUISA L * 

KANE, MISS SYBIL KENT * 

KEENE, MRS. FOXHALL P * 

KELLEY, MRS. JERROLD D. J * 

KIP, MRS. GARRETT B * 

KNAPP, MRS. HARRY K * 

KOUNTZE, MRS. LUTHER * 

KRECH, MRS. ALVIN W * 



28 RESIDENT MEMBERS 



L 

LADENBURG, MRS. ADOLF * 

LAFFAN, MRS. WILLIAM M * 

LA MONTAGNE, MRS. EDWARD * 

LA MONTAGNE, MISS MARIE.. Jan. 8, 1908 

LANDSTREET, MRS. FAIRFAX S * 

LANGDON, MRS. WOODBURY * 

LAWRENCE, MRS. EFFINGHAM-Jan. 8, 1908 

LAWRENCE, MISS HELEN G * 

LEAVITT, MRS. JAMES T * 

LED YARD, MRS. LEWIS CASS * 

LEE, MISS SARAH R * 

LEEDS, MRS. WARNER M * 

LEEDS, MRS. WILLIAM BATEMAN * 

LE ROY, MISS ELEANOR 

LEVERICH, MISS CATHARINE S 

LEVERICH, MISS MARGARET D 

LINDSLEY, MRS. VAN SINDEREN 

LITTAUER, MRS. WILLIAM. .. June 3, 190; 

LIVINGSTON, MRS. CARROLL 

LOEW, MRS. WILLIAM GOADBY 

LOOMIS, MRS. HENRY P 

LOOMIS, MRS. HORATIO 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 29 

LORILLARD, MRS. PIERRE * 

LYDIG, MRS. PHILIP M * 

LYON, MRS. CECIL June 3, 1907 

M 

MACDONOUGH, MRS. JOSEPH M * 

MAC DUFFIE, MRS. RUFUS L * 

MACKAY, MRS. CLARENCE H * 

MACLAY, JR., MRS. ROBERT * 

MACY, MRS. V. EVERIT .Oct. 9, 1907 

MAGEE, MRS. JOHN * 

MAIRS, MRS. GEORGE HOPE * 

MANICE, MRS. EDWARD A * 

MANSFIELD, MRS. HOWARD * 

MARBURY, MISS ELISABETH * 

MARKOE, MRS. FRANCIS H * 

MARKOE, MRS. JAMES W * 

MARQUAND, MRS. HENRY * 

MARSHALL, MRS. CHARLES H * 

MARTIN, MRS. HOWARD TOWNSEND, 

Dec. n, 1907 

MARTIN, MRS. NEWELL Nov. 13, 1907 

MARTIN, MISS ANTOINETTE W * 

MATHEWS, MRS. EDWARD ROSCOE * 



30 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

maynard, miss helen louise * 

maynard, miss mary h * 

maynard, mrs. walter e * 

McAllister, miss louise ward * 

McALPIN, MRS. CHARLES W. .Nov. 13, 1907 

McCARTER, MRS. THOMAS N * 

McCREADY, MRS. N. L * 

McCULLOUGH, MRS. JOHN H * 

McCURDY, MRS. ROBERT H * 

McKIM, MRS. SMITH H * 

McVICKAR, MRS. EDWARD S. J * 

MILBURN, MRS. JOHN G * 

MILLER, MRS. CHARLES E * 

MINTURN, MRS * 

MINTURN, MRS. ROBERT SHAW * 

MITCHELL, MRS. CLARENCE BLAIR * 

MITCHELL, MRS. JOHN MURRAY * 

MOORE, MISS ELLA LOUISE * 

MOORE, MISS FAITH * 

MOORE, MISS GRACE Dec. 11, 1907 

MORGAN, MISS ANNE * 

MORGAN, MISS CAROLINE L * 

MORGAN, MRS. DAVID P * 

MORGAN, MRS. JOHN B * 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 31 

MORGAN, MRS. J. PIERPONT * 

MORGAN, JR., MRS. J. PIERPONT * 

MORGAN, MISS RUTH * 

MORGAN, MISS URSULA J * 

MORGAN, MRS. WILLIAM FELLOWES...* 

MORRIS, MRS. ALFRED HENNEN * 

MORRIS, MRS. BENJAMIN W..Nov. 13, 1907 

MORRIS, MRS. DAVE HENNEN * 

MORRIS, MRS. GOUVERNEUR * 

MORRIS, MISS MURIEL Dec. 11, 1907 

MORSE, MRS. E. ROLLINS * 

MORTON, MRS. PAUL * 

MOSLE, MRS. A. HENRY .* 

MUNN, MRS. HENRY NORCROSS * 

N 

NEESER, MISS ELVINE L * 

NEWTON, MRS. FRANCIS * 

NICHOLS, MRS. GEORGE L * 

NICOLL, MRS. BENJAMIN June 3, 1907 

NICOLL, MRS. DE LANCEY * 

NICOLL, MISS ELSIE * 

1 NORRIE, MRS. ADAM GORDON * 



32 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

o 

OAKMAN, MRS. WALTER G .* 

OELRICHS, MRS. CHARLES MAY * 

OELRICHS, MRS. HERMANN * 

OLIN, MRS. STEPHEN H * 

OLYPHANT, MRS. ROBERT * 

OSBORN, MRS. H. FAIRFIELD * 

OSBORN, MRS. WILLIAM CHURCH * 

P 

PAGE, MRS. HOWARD * 

PAGE, MISS LAURA June 3, 1907 

PAGE, MRS. WILLIAM D June 3, 1907 

PARK, MISS MAUDE I * 

PARK, MRS. TRENOR L * 

PARKER, MRS. CHARLES T * 

PARSONS, MISS CONSTANCE * 

PARSONS, MISS GERTRUDE. . . Jan. 8, 1908 

PARSONS, MRS. HERBERT * 

PARSONS, MRS. JOHN E * 

PARSONS, MISS MARY * 

PATON, MRS. MORTON S * 

PEABODY, MRS. CHARLES A ..* 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 


33 


PELL, MRS. HOWLAND HAGGERTY, 




June 3, 


1907 


PELL, MRS. STEPHEN H. P 


.* 


PERKINS MRS. CHARLES L 


* 


PETERS, MRS. HARRY T 


* 


PETERS, MRS. SAMUEL T 


* 


PHELPS, MRS. VON ROTTENBERG. . 


. .* 


PHIPPS, MISS ADA 


* 


PINCHOT, MRS. AMOS R. ENO 


. .* 


POOR, MRS HENRY W 


* 


PORTER, MRS. H. HOB ART 


..* 


POST, MRS. CHARLES A Oct. 9, 


1907 


POST, JR., MRS. GEORGE B 


* 


POST, MISS LAURA J Nov. 13, 


1907 


POTTER, MRS. ED CLARKSON 


* 


POTTER, MRS. FRANK HUNTER 


.* 


POTTER, MISS GRACE HOWARD 


* 


POTTER, MRS. HENRY C 


* 


POTTER, MRS. R. BURNSIDE 


. .* 


POTTER, MISS SARAH L 


* 


POTTS, MRS. GEORGE HENRY 


* 


POTTS, MRS. ROCKHILL B Oct. 9, 


1907 


• PRATT, MRS. DALLAS BACHE 


. .* 


v PRENTICE, MRS. JOHN HILL 


. ..* 



34 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

PROVOST, MRS. CORNELIUS W * 

PRICE, MRS. THEO H * 

PRINCE, MRS. JOHN DYNELEY * 

PRUYN, MRS. JOHN V. L * 

PULITZER, MRS. JOSEPH * 

PULITZER, MRS. RALPH * 

PYLE, MRS. JAMES TOLMAN * 

PYNE, MRS. PERCY RIVINGTON * 

PYNE, MRS. MOSES TAYLOR * 

R 

RAINEY, MRS. ROY A Oct. 9, 1907 

RAINSFORD, MRS. WILLIAM S * 

RANDOLPH, MRS. EDMUND * 

REDMOND, MRS. GERALD YN * 

REESE, MRS. WILLIAM WILLIS * 

REID, MISS JEAN TEMPLETON * 

REID, MRS. WHITELAW * 

REID, MISS RHEA HELEN * 

REYNAL, MRS. NATHANIEL C * 

RHETT, MISS FLORENCE M * 

RHOADES, MRS. JOHN HARSEN * 

RIGGS, MRS. BENJAMIN C * 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 


35 


RIGGS, MRS. GEORGE C 


. .* 


RIKER, MRS. HENRY I Nov. 13, 


1907 


RIPLEY, MRS. E. H 


* 


RIPLEY, MRS. JULIEN ASHTON.Oct. 9, 


1907 


RIPLEY, MRS. SIDNEY DILLON 


. . .* 


ROBBINS, MRS. JULIAN W 


* 


ROBINSON, MRS. DOUGLAS 


..* 


ROBINSON, MRS. THEO. DOUGLAS.. 


* 


ROBISON, MRS. WILLIAM 


.* 


ROCKEFELLER, MRS. WILLIAM 


* 


ROCKEFELLER, MRS. WILLIAM G... 


* 


ROE, MRS. CHARLES F 


♦ 


ROGERS, MRS. HENRY H 


* 


ROLLINS, MRS. PHILIP ASHTON 


. . ..* 


ROLSTON, MRS. LOUIS B 


* 


RONALDS, MRS. REGINALD 


. . .* 


RUBEL, MRS. ALEXANDER. . . .Nov. 13, 


1907 


RULAND, MRS. IRVING 


.* 


RUMRILL, MRS. JAMES A 


* 


RUTHERFURD, MRS. WILLIAM WALTON, 


Feb. 13, 


1908 


RUUTZ-REES, MISS CAROLINE. June 3, 


1907 


RUSSELL, MRS. ARCHIBALD D 


..* 


RUSSELL, MRS. CHARLES H 


♦ 





36 RESIDENT MEMBERS 



s 



SAGE, MRS. DEAN * 

SALISBURY, MRS. GEORGE BULKLEY...* 

SANGER, MRS. RALPH * 

SATTERLEE, MRS. HERBERT L * 

SAWYER, MRS. PHILIP C * 

SCHERMERHORN, MRS. GEORGE J * 

SCHIEFFELIN, MRS. SCHUYLER * 

SCHIRMER, MRS. RUDOLPH E * 

SCHOONMAKER, MRS. FRANK L * 

SCHWAB, MRS. GUSTAV H....Feb. 13, 1908 

SCOTT, MISS LOUISE B * 

SEARS, MRS. JOSEPH HAMBLEN.. * 

SENFF, MRS. CHARLES H * 

SHARSWOOD, MISS MARY * 



SHARP, MRS. WILLIAM G 


* 


SHATTUCK, MRS. ALBERT R. 
SHELDON, MISS GERTRUDE.. 
SHERMAN, MRS. CHARLES A. 


* 


* 


June 3, 1907 


SHERMAN, MISS IRENE 


* 


SHERMAN, MISS MILDRED... 


* 


SHERMAN, MRS. W. WATTS.. 


* 


SHIPPEN, MISS CAROLINE... 


.* 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 37 

SHIPPEN, MISS SOFIE M Jan. 8, 1908 

SIBLEY, MRS. HIRAM WATSON, 

June 3, 1907 

SLADE, MRS. PRESCOTT '. * 

SLOAN, MRS. SAMUEL * 

SMITH, MRS. EDWARD LIVINGSTON, 

Oct. 9, 1907 

SMITH, JR., MRS. J. HOPKINS * 

SMITH, MISS M. THERESE * 

SMITH, MRS. WALTER E. C * 

SORCHAN, MRS. VICTOR * 

SPEDDEN, MRS. FREDERIC O.Dec, n, 1907 

SPEYER, MRS. JAMES * 

SPOFFORD, MISS ADELAIDE T * 

STEBBINS, MRS. CHARLES H * 

STEELE, MRS. CHARLES * 

STEERS, MRS. HENRY * 

STERLING, MRS. ROBERT D * 

STEVENS, MRS. EBEN ,* 

STEVENS, MRS. JOSEPH SAMPSON * 

STEVENS, MRS. RICHARD * 

STEVENS, MRS. ROBERT L * 

STICKNEY, MRS. JOSEPH * 

STILLMAN, MISS CHARLOTTE R * 



38 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

STOKES, MRS. I. N. PHELPS * 

STORY, MRS. MARION * 

STRONG, MISS ALICE E * 

STRONG, MRS. WILLIAM EVERARD * 

STURGES, MISS MARY F * 

STURGIS, MRS. ROBERT .....* 

STU YVES ANT, MRS. RUTHERFURD * 

SULLIVAN, MRS. JAMES * 

SWAYNE, MRS. FRANCIS BOND * 

SZECHENYI, COUNTESS LASZLO * 

T 

TALMAGE, MRS. EDWARD T. H .....* 

TALMAGE, MRS. THOMAS HUNT * 

TAPPIN, MRS. LINDSLEY June 3, 1907 

TARBELL, MISS IDA M June 3, 1907 

TAYLOR, MRS. WILLIAM AMBROSE, 

June 3, 1907 

TERRY, MRS. WYLLYS * 

THEBAUD, MRS. PAUL GIBERT * 

THOMAS, MRS. EDWARD R * 

THOMAS, MRS. HOWARD L * 

THOMAS, MRS. J. METCALFE * 

THOMPSON, MRS. LEWIS S * 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 


39 


THOMPSON, MRS. FREDERICK F., 




Jan. 8, 


1908 


THOMPSON, MRS. PHILLIPS B 


. .* 


THORNE, MRS. JONATHAN. .. .Oct. 9, 


1907 


THORNE, MRS. OAKLEIGH 


. .* 


THURSBY, MRS. ALICE Nov. 13, 


1907 


TINKER, MISS ANNIE RENSSELAER 


.* 


TINKER, MRS. HENRY CHAMPLIN.. 


. .* 


TOD, MRS. J. KENNEDY Dec. 11, 


1907 


TOMLINSON, MRS. JOHN C 


.* 


TOWER, MRS. A. CLIFFORD 


. .* 


TOWNSEND, MISS AMY. 


.* 


TOWNSEND, MRS. EDWARD MITCHELL.* 


TOWNSEND, MRS. JAMES M 


. .* 


TRAIN, MRS. ARTHUR CHENEY 


. . .* 


TREVOR, MISS EMILY 


* 


TREVOR, MRS. JOHN B 


* 


TRIMBLE, MRS. RICHARD 


.* 


TROUP, MISS AGNES G 


* 


TROWBRIDGE, MISS LOUISE A, 




Oct. 9, 


1907 


TROWBRIDGE, MRS.S.BRECK PARKMAN* 


TUCKER, MRS. ALLEN 


..* 


TURNBULL, MRS. RAMSAY 


. .* 



40 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

TURNURE, MRS. GEORGE EVANS * 

TURNURE, MRS. PERCY R * 

TUTTLE, MRS. GEORGE M * 

TWEED, MRS. CHARLES H * 

TWEED, MISS HELEN * 

.TWEED, MISS KATHARINE W * 

TWOMBLY, MISS RUTH V * 

V 

VALENTINE, MRS. PATRICK A * 

VAN ALEN, MRS. J. LAURENS * 

VAN BEUREN, MRS. MICHAEL M * 

VANDERBILT, MRS. ALFRED GWYNNE.* 

VANDERBILT, MRS. CORNELIUS * 

VANDERBILT, MRS. FREDERICK W * 

VANDERBILT, JR., MRS. WILLIAM K....* 

VAN INGEN, MRS. EDWARD * 

VAN INGEN MRS. McLANE * 

VAN NEST, MRS. ALEX T * 

VAN RENSSELAER, MISS MATHILDE. . . .* 

VAN SINDEREN, MRS. HOWARD * 

VAN WYCK, MRS. RICHARD * 

VILLARD, MRS. OSWALD G. . .Nov. 13, 1907 
VIOLETT, MRS. ATWOOD Dec. it, 1907 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 41 

VOGEL, MRS. HERMAN * 

w 

WADSWORTH, MRS. CLARENCE S, 

Oct. 9, 1907 
WADSWORTH, MRS. WILLIAM AUSTIN..*, 

WAGSTAFF, MRS. ALFRED * 

WALKER, MRS. E. ROBBINS * 

WALLACH, MRS. BARGER * 

WALSH, JR., MRS. SAMUEL A * 

WARFIELD, MRS. LEWIS * 

WATERBURY, MISS GLADYS F * 

WATERBURY, MRS. JOHN I * 

WATSON, MISS GERTRUDE * 

WEBB, MRS. WILLIAM SEWARD * 

WEEKES, MRS. HAROLD H * 

WEIDENFELD, MRS. CAMILLE * 

WEIR, MRS. C. GOUVERNEUR * 

WELLMAN, MRS. FRANCIS LEWIS * 

WELLS, MISS CAROLYN * 

WELLS, MRS. WILLIAM STORRS * 

WETHERILL, MRS. J. BLOOMFIELD * 

WHITE, MRS. LOOMIS LAWRENCE * 

WHITMAN, MRS. HAROLD C * 



42 RESIDENT MEMBERS 

WHITNEY, MRS. ARTHUR * 

WHITNEY, MISS DOROTHY P * 

WHITNEY, MRS. HARRY PAYNE * 

WHITNEY, MRS. PAYNE * 

WHITRIDGE, MISS ELEANOR * 

WICKERSHAM, MRS. GEORGE W * 

WILBOUR, MISS THEODORA. .Nov. 13, 1907 

WILKES, MISS ALICIA V * 

WILLARD, MISS LOUISE B. * 

WILLARD, MISS MARY LIVINGSTON....* 

WILLIAMS, MRS. RICHARD H * 

WILLIAMS, MRS. THOMAS * 

WILSON, MRS. MARSHALL ORME * 

WILSON, JR., MRS. RICHARD T * 

WINSLOW, MRS. FRANCIS DANA * 

WINSLOW, MRS. JAMES N Jan. 8, 1908 

WINTER, MRS. KEYES Nov. 13, 1907 

WINTHROP, MRS. BUCHANAN * 

WINTHROP, JR., MRS. EGERTON L * 

WINTHROP, MISS MARIE * 

WOOD, MRS. ARNOLD Nov. 13, 1907 

WOOD, MRS. CHARLES BOUGHTON, 

Dec. 11, 1907 



RESIDENT MEMBERS 43 

WOOD, MRS. WILLIAM BENJAMIN, 

Feb. 13, 1908 
WORTHINGTON, MRS. JULIA HEDDEN, 

Jan. 8, 1908 

WRIGHT, MRS. EBEN * 

WRIGHT, MRS. JAMES A * 

WYCKOFF, MRS. PETER B Jan. 8, 1908 

WYSONG, MRS. JOHN J * 



NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS 

Date of Election 



AGASSIZ, MRS. GEORGE RUSSELL * 

ALLEN, MRS. FREDERICK H * 

AMES, MRS. F. LOTHROP Nov. 13, 1907 

AMES, MRS. HOBART Nov. 13, 1907 

ANDREWS, MISS CHARLOTTE, 

Feb. 13, 1908 

ARMOUR, MRS. JOHN OGDEN * 

BARLOW, MRS. FRANCIS C Oct. 9, 1907 

BARTON, MRS. F. O * 

BEALE, MRS. H. S. B * 

BENEDICT, MRS. F. H * 

BLACQUE, MRS. VALENTINE A * 

BLAINE, MRS. EMMONS * 

BLOW, MRS. A. A * 

BOURN, MRS. WILLIAM Feb. 13, 1908 

BRANDEGEE, MRS. EDWARD D .* 

BREESE, MRS. JAMES LAWRENCE * 

BROWN, MRS. ALEXANDER.... Jan. 8, 1908 



46 NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS 

CAROLAN, MRS. FRANCIS J * 

CONYNGHAM, MISS ALICE. .. .Oct. 9, 1907 

CROCKER, MRS. W. H Jan. 8, 1908 

DAVIS, MRS. ARTHUR E Oct. 9, 1907 

DEXTER, MRS. PHILIP June 3, 1907 

DOLAN, MRS. CLARENCE W * 

DOOLITTLE, MISS M. ISABEL. June 3, 1907 

ELKINS, MRS. STEPHEN B * 

FARQUHAR, MRS. ROBERT DAVID, 

Dec. 11, 1907 

FASSETT, MRS. J. SLOAT Feb. 13, 1908 

FIELD, MRS. MARSHALL Nov. 13, 1907 

FLOOD, MISS C. J Oct. 9, 1907 

FRASCH, MRS. HERMAN * 

FULLERTON, MISS MARY C. M., 

Feb. 13, 1908 

GALE, MISS MARGARET E * 

GARDNER, MRS. A. P * 

GETTY, MISS ALICE Dec. 11, 1907 

GOODWIN, MRS. WALTER L...Jan. 8, 1908 

GRANT, MRS. SCOTT * 

GREEN, MRS. WILLIAM LAWRENCE * 

GRISCOM, MRS. CLEMENT A * 

* GRISCOM, MISS FRANCES C * 



NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS 47 

GRISCOM, MRS. RODMAN E. . . June 3, 1907 

GROSVENOR, MISS ROSA ANNE * 

HAMILL, MRS. S. M Nov. 13, 1907 

HARRIMAN, MRS. JOSEPH * 

HARRISON, MRS. BURTON. . . .Feb. 13, 1908 
HARRISON, MRS. FAIRFAX. .. Jan. 8, 1908 

HAY, MRS. JOHN * 

HENSHAWE, MRS. JOHN OLIVER, 

Jan. 8, 1908 

HICKOX, MRS. RALPH W * 

HITT, MRS. ROBERT R * 

HEGEMAN, MISS ANNIE MAY. Jan. 8, 1908 

HOOPER, MISS LOUISA CHAPIN * 

HORNE, MRS. ELISABETH M * 

KANE, MRS. WOODBURY * 

KERN AN, MRS. WALTER N May 1, 1907 

KIMBALL, MRS. MARCUS M * 

KINGSLEY, MRS. HARRY S * 

KITTREDGE, MRS. BENJAMIN R * 

LAWRENCE, MRS. PRESCOTT * 

LEARNED, MISS FLORENCE J * 

LONGWORTH, MRS. NICHOLAS * 

LOWNDES, MRS. JAMES Oct. 9, 1907 

MALLERY, MRS. JOHN C * 



48 



NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS 



MARKOE, MRS. HARRY * 

MASON, MISS FANNIE P * 

McCORNICK, MISS ANNA * 

McCORMICK, MRS. MEDILL Jan. 8, 1908 

McLEAN, MRS. JOHN R * 

MEYER, MRS. GEORGE VON L * 

MEYER, MISS JULIA * 

MOTT, MISS MARIAN * 

NORWOOD, MRS. CARLISLE * 

OGLE, MRS. PONSONBY * 

OOTHOUT, MRS. WILLIAM * 

ORR, MRS. S. ALEXANDER * 

PALMER, MRS. POTTER * 

PARMELEE, MRS. JAMES Dec. 11, 1907 

PARSONS, MRS. HERBERT * 

PERKINS, MRS. JAMES HANDASYD, 

Dec. 11, 1907 

POPE, MISS THEODATE Dec. 11, 1907 

POSTLETHWAITE, MRS. WILLIAM M....* 
POTTER, MRS. JAMES BROWN. Jan. 8, 1908 

REA, MRS. HENRY R * 

ROBINSON, MRS. E. MOORE * 

- RUSSELL, MRS. ROBERT SHAW * 

SAGE, MRS. HARRY W * 



NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS 49 

SAGE, MRS. WILLIAM H Nov. 13, 1907 

SAMPSON, MRS. ROBERT * 

SCHENCK, MRS. J. FREDERICK * 

SCHENCK, MISS ALEID June 3, 1907 

SCOTT, JR., MRS. CHARLES ... Feb. 13, 1908 

SEARS, MISS HELEN Jan. 8, 1908 

SEARS, MRS. JOSHUA MONTGOMERY, 

Jan. 8, 1908 
SEDGWICK, MRS. ALEXANDER, 

Dec. 11, 1907 

SLATER, MRS. WILLIAM A * 

SPENCER, MRS. SAMUEL Nov. 13, 1907 

SQUIRE, MRS. ANDREW May 1, 1907 

SQUIERS, MISS GLADYS FARGO * 

SQUIERS, MISS HELEN FARGO * 

SQUIERS, MRS. HERBERT G * 

STODDARD, MRS. LOUIS E * 

STRONG, MRS. CHARLES H * 

THAYER, MRS. BAYARD Nov. 13, 1907 

THOMSON, MISS ANNE * 

TOWNSEND, MISS MATHILDE T * 

TOWNSEND, MRS. RICHARD H * 

TUCKERMAN, MISS EMILY. .. June 3, 1907 
VARILLA, MME. PHILLPE BUN AN * 



dO non-resident members 

WADSWORTH, JR., MRS. TAMES W * 

WARDER.. MISS ALICE Nov. 13, 1907 

WETMORE, MISS EDITH Oct. 9, 1907 

WETMORE, MISS MAUDE K * 

WIDEXER, MRS. GEORGE D * 

WIDENER, MRS. JOSEPH E *. 

WILKS, MISS KATE L. Jan. 8. 1908 

WILLIAMS, MRS. GEORGE L * 

WOLCOTT, MRS. EDWARD * 

WULSIX, MRS. LUCIAX * 



HONORARY MEMBERS 

BARNEY, MRS. CHARLES T * 

WHITE, MRS. STANFORD * 



* Denotes those who were Jon the original Mem- 
bership list and became members prior to May ist, 
1907. 



Membership, February 16, 1908 

Resident Members .... 700 

Non-Resident Members . . . 117 

Honorary Members ... 2 

Total 819 





DECEASED 




* 




Mrs. EDWIN L. GODKIN 




Nov. 8, 


1907 




* 




Mrs 


WILLIAM LAIMBEER 




Dec. 6, 


1907 




* 






Mrs. A. M. 


ELDER 




Dec. 7, 


1907 




* 




Mrs. 


ARTHUR N. WELMAN 




Dec. 22, 


1907 




* 




Mrs. 


CARRINGTON ROYCE 




Feb. 16, 


1908 



CONSTITUTION 

i 

NAME 

1. This organization will be known as the 
Colony Club. 

II 
OFFICERS 
1. The Officers of the Club shall be a Presi- 
dent, a first Vice-President, a second Vice-Presi- 
dent, a Secretary and a Treasurer. 

Ill 
PRESIDENT 

1. The President shall preside at the meet- 
ings of the Club and of the Governing Board. 
The President shall, with the Secretary, sign all 
written contracts and obligations of the Club, 
and shall perform such other duties as the Gov- 
erning Board of the Club may assign her. 

2. The first Vice-President, or in her ab- 
sence the second Vice-President, shall have all 
the powers and shall perform all the duties of 
the President in case of her absence or disability. 



56 CONSTITUTION 

IV 

TREASURER 

1. The Treasurer shall be the custodian of 
the funds, and shall deposit them as determined 
by the Governing Board; shall disburse the mon- 
eys of the Club under direction of the Governing 
Board; shall collect fees and dues of members; 
shall keep an accurate itemized account of all 
receipts and disbursements and of bills paid on 
the certificate of their correctness by the House 
Committee, and report thereon at each regular 
meeting of the Governing Board; and shall pre- 
sent at the annual meeting a report for the pre- 
ceding calendar year that has been audited by 
the Advisory Board. Her report shall be audited 
semi-annually by the Advisory Board. 

V 
SECRETARY 

1. The Secretary shall give notice of all 
meetings of the Club and of the Governing 
Board, and shall keep minutes of such meetings. 
She shall conduct the correspondence and keep 
the records of the Club. She shall furnish to 
the Treasurer the names of all members elected 
to membership, and shall advise her of all trans- 
fers or changes affecting the said membership. 



CONSTITUTION 57 

2. She shall be the keeper of the Seal of the 
Club. 

VI 
GOVERNING BOARD 

1. The Governing Board shall consist of 
twenty members — five of whom shall be elected 
by ballot at each annual meeting of the Club, to 
replace the outgoing class, and to take office at 
the expiration of the term of such outgoing class. 
They shall hold office for four years or until the 
fourth annual meeting after their election. 

2. The Governing Board shall have general 
charge of the affairs, funds and property of the 
Club and the election of members. They shall 
have full power and it shall be their duty to carry 
out the purposes of the Club according to the 
Charter, Constitution and By-Laws. 

3. The Governing Board shall, as soon as may 
be, after each annual meeting, elect by ballot from 
its own body a President, first Vice-President, 
second Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, 
who shall hold office for one year or until their 
successors are elected. 

4. The Governing Board shall submit at each 
annual meeting a general report of the affairs of 
the Club, with an estimate for the ensuing year, 
which shall be printed and distributed to mem- 



58 CONSTITUTION 

bers five days before the annual meeting, and 
shall report at other times if required. 

5. The Governing Board shall meet once a 
month, except during the months of June, July, 
August and September, and special meetings may 
be called by order of the President or of the 
House Committee. Seven of its members shall 
constitute a quorum of the Governing Board. 

6. The Governing Board shall prescribe rules 
for the admission of strangers to the privileges of 
the Club. 

7. The Governing Board may fill any vacancy 
in its body by election of a member to hold office 
until the next annual election. 

8. The Governing Board shall have power to 
deal with all offenses against the Rules of the 
Club, and with all violations of the Constitu- 
tion. 

9. The interpretation of the Constitution 
and rules shall rest with the Governing Board. 



VII 

MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS 

1. The Club shall hold one annual meeting 
each year, on the last Thursday in January, at 
3 P. M. 



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60 CONSTITUTION 

4. The life membership shall be limited to 
two hundred persons. Any member whose 
name shall have been upon the roll of the Club 
for not less than five years shall be entitled to 
become a life member on the payment of $1,500. 
They shall be entitled to the privileges of regu- 
lar members, but shall for ever be exempt from 
all annual dues. 

5. The honorary membership shall consist of 
persons placed in this class by unanimous vote 
of the whole Governing Board. 

6. Not more than one honorary member 
shall be elected in any one calendar year. Hon- 
orary members may share all privileges of the 
Club except those of holding office and of voting 
in the business meetings. 

7. The number of non-resident members of 
the Club shall not exceed two hundred. 

8. Persons not residing nor having a place 
of business within seventy-five miles of the City 
Hall, in the City of New York, may be elected 
as non-resident members. 

9. The Board of Governors may, upon such 
terms and conditions as they in their discre- 
tion may enact, extend the privileges of the Club 
to girls under the age of eighteen who are mem- 
bers of the households of regular members. 



CONSTITUTION 61 

IX 
ELECTION OF MEMBERS 

1. Every candidate for regular membership 
must be proposed as follows : She shall be pro- 
posed and seconded by two members not mem- 
bers of the Governing Board. The name and 
residence of the candidate, and the names of 
her proposer and seconder in their respective 
handwritings shall be inserted in a book kept for 
that purpose; and the name of the candidate, 
her residence and the names of her proposer 
and seconder posted on a Club Bulletin Board 
fourteen days before any action can be taken 
thereon by the Governing Board; and the can- 
didate must be eighteen years of age when bal- 
loted for. 

2. Candidates duly proposed as above pro- 
vided shall be balloted for by the Governing 
Board for admission to the Club ; more than 
one adverse ballot shall exclude. 



X 

RESIGNATIONS 

1. Resignations of membership shall be made 
to the Secretary in writing. 



62 CONSTITUTION 

2. Such resignations shall not be accepted 

until all indebtedness to the Club of the mem- 
ber resigning shall have been dischargee. 

XI 
DUES 
-x, 1. The entrance fee for ah members, save 

honorary members, shah be One hundred and 
fifty dollars ; and hue annua, cues fcr resident 
members One hundred dollars, and for non- 
resident members Fifty dollars. 

2. A candidate elected to membership after 
the first day of July shall be required :■: pa 
one-half of the cues for the current year. 

3. Cancica:es eiectec. en payment c: the 
entrance fee and of the dues foi the current 
year, shah become members or the Club, and 
the eiection of any candidate she li she 

:e such payment within thirty 
days after notice of her election is mailed 

>sed :: ha 
ence c st oi candi 

4. The names of all members who shall fail 
to pay their annual dues on or before the first 
day of Februar m be posted in a con- 
spicuous place in the Club House: and :: such 
dues are not paid on the first cay cf March 



CONSTITUTION 63 

thereafter such members shall cease to be mem- 
bers of the Club, subject however to the pro- 
visions of Article VI, Section 8, of the Con- 
stitution. 

5. A non-resident member may become a 
resident member upon the first occurrence of 
a vacancy in the list of resident members by 
notifying the Secretary of her desire for such 
membership and paying to the Treasurer the 
excess between the amount of the initiation fee 
then required from regular members and that 
originally paid by her, and also the excess in 
the annual dues then required from regular 
members and that paid by her for the current 
year. 

6. A resident member may become a non- 
resident member upon the first occurrence of a 
vacancy in the list of non-resident members by 
notifying the Secretary of her desire for and right 
to such membership, and upon her application 
being approved by the Governing Board. She 
shall not be entitled to any return or rebate of 
her initiation fee or of her annual dues for the 
current year. 

XII 
SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION 
1. Any member may be reprimanded, sus- 
pended or expelled for cause by a vote of two- 



64 CONSTITUTION 

thirds of all the members of the Governing 
Board, one month's previous notice in writing 
having been given to the member, with a copy 
of the charges preferred against her together 
with a notice of the time and place of the meet- 
ing where such charges are to be considered. 

XIII 
GAMBLING 

1. No betting or card playing for stakes shall 
be allowed in the Club Rooms. 

XIV 
RULES 

1. The Governing Board shall prepare and 
enforce rules regulating the use of the Club 
Rooms by the members. 

XV 
STANDING COMMITTEES 

1. The Governing Board shall appoint annu- 
ally a House Committee, to consist of five mem- 
bers ; an Auditing and Finance Committee to 
consist of three members; a Committee on Liter- 
ature and Art, to consist of five members; and a 
Committee on Athletics, to consist of three 
members ; such committees to be standing com- 
mittees for the current year. 



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2. The Chairman of each of such Com- 
mittees shall be designated by the Governing 
Board, and she must be a member of the Gov- 
erning Board. 

XVI 

HOUSE COMMITTEE 

1. The House Committee shall meet at least 
once a week. It shall be its duty, subject to 
the control of the Governing Board, to manage 
the Club, to regulate prices, to order purchases, 
to audit bills, to receive complaints, to redress 
grievances and to appoint and dismiss all employ- 
ees. 



XVII 

AUDITING AND FINANCE 

COMMITTEE 

1. The Auditing Committe shall audit the 
accounts of the Treasurer semi-annually, and 
report to the Governing Board the accounts 
audited and allowed since its previous report. 

2. It shall also act as a Finance Committee, 
with such duties and powers as the Govern- 
ing Board may prescribe. 



BY-LAWS 



MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNORS 

I 

1. The Board of Governors shall hold their 
meeting on the second Wednesday of each 
month at eleven o'clock, A. M. 

2. Any Governor who shall be absent for 
three consecutive meetings without being ex- 
cused by a vote of the Board, shall be deemed to 
have resigned therefrom, and her place shall be 
filled by an election, as provided in sub-division 
7, Article VI of the Constitution. 

n 

1. The proposer and seconder of a can- 
didate for membership, shall send letters to the 
Secretary of the Club, at least fifteen days be- 
fore election, giving full name and place of resid- 
ence of the candidate, and such statement of 
her qualifications as they may deem proper. No 
name of a candidate shall be acted upon unless 
she has been proposed and seconded according 
to sub-division 1, Article IX of the Constitution 
and unless she be personally known to at least 



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two Governors present, or vouched for in writ- 
ing by two Governors. 

2. A candidate for membership whose name 
shall have been laid over at two successive meet- 
ings of the Board of Governors shall not be bal- 
loted for until the succeeding names on the list 
shall have been voted upon, except in the case 
of minors. 

3. The presiding officer after having exam- 
ined and counted the ballots shall announce the 
composition and result and the Secretary shall 
record the result in the Minutes. Any Gov- 
ernor may, before the adjournment of the meet- 
ing, move to re-consider a vote of adoption or 
rejection. 

4. All votes, conversations, and debates on 
the subjects of admission, exclusions and expul- 
sions, and the substance of the result thereof, 
shall be regarded as confidential and shall not be 
divulged. 

VISITORS 

in 

1. Visitors and Guests under 18 years of age 
will not be admitted to the Club House except 
to the Strangers' Reception Room, and when 
invited to a Private Room, Assembly Room, 
Drawing Room or Private Dining Room. 



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4 

2. Members may introduce one non-resident 
foreigner (a woman) at a time, to the full priv- 
ileges of the Club (excepting residence) for one 
week, such foreigner to be a guest of the mem- 
ber introducing her and not of the Club. 

3. A member may introduce as a visitor one 
woman at a time, a resident of New York City, 
for a single day and evening to the full privileges 
of the Club, including attendance at Tuesday 
afternoon meetings and other entertainments 
organized by the Literature and Art Committee, 
such visitor to be a guest of the member intro- 
ducing her and not of the Club. The same 
visitor however, cannot ha'be the full privileges 
of the Club for more than one day and evening 
in the same year. 

4. A member may introduce as a visitor, 
one woman at a time, an out of town resident, 
for three consecutive days to the full privileges 
of the Club (including residence) such visitor to 
be a guest of the member introducing her and 
not of the Club. The same visitor hovoever 
cannot have the full privileges of the Club for 
more than three consecutive days in the same 
year. 

5. Members introducing visitors will be per- 
sonally responsible for their conduct while in the 
Club. The name of each visitor shall be entered 



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in the Visitors' Book with the name of the 
member introducing her. Only women can be 
admitted as visitors. 

GUESTS 

«*»*>6. "Guests" (men or women) as disting- 
uished from "visitors," can be admitted as often 
as desired to the Strangers' Dining Room, the 
Roof or Winter Garden and the Private Dining 
Room, entering only by the Strangers' Entrance 
and must be met or directed by a member; but 
unlike visitors, such guests cannot have access 
to the whole Club House nor to its general 
privileges. 

ACCOUNTS 

IV 

1. A list shall be posted on the bulletin 
board on the 15th day of each month, showing 
the unpaid amounts due by each member for 
"house charges" on the last day of the preced- 
ing month and on the day previous to such post- 
ing, a notice shall be sent to every member 
notifying her of the amount due and requesting 
her to pay the same at her earliest convenience. 
A member thus posted who shall fail to pay her 
indebtedness before the first of the following 



BY-LAWS 71 

month, may at the discretion of the Board of 
Governors, be suspended from the privileges of 
the Club. 

2. Whenever a member is posted for $100 
or more for "house charges," her credit may be 
stopped until the entire amount due from her 
shall have been paid. 

3. A member introducing visitors shall be 
held responsible for their indebtedness to the 
Club. Members desiring their visitors to pay 
for their own "house charges" will pleaee notify 
the office advising the address of the visitor to 
whom a "house charge" notice will be mailed at 
once. 

4. A member may cash checks not exceed- 
ing a total of $25 in one day on application at 
the desk. 



COMPLAINTS 

V 

Complaints and suggestions must be made 
in writing to the Chairman of the appropriate 
Committee. The superintendent can be sent 
for only by a Governor or by a member of the 
House Committee. 



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RESTRICTIONS 
VI 

1. No property belonging to the Club shall 
be taken from the Club house except on author- 
ity from the Board of Governors. 

2. Servants shall not be sent out of the Club. 

3. No member shall induce any servant of 
the Club to leave its employment. 

4. No gratuity shall be given to any servant 
or employee of the Club. 

5. A member making use of the Strangers' 
Dining Room shall enter in a book for the pur- 
pose, her own name and the name of her guests. 

6. A member unless accompanied by more 
than one guest cannot use the Private Dining 
Room. 

7. The use of the bedrooms and apartments 
in the Club House shall be subject to such 
rules and regulations as the House Committee 
shall prescribe. 

8. All notices not to be posted in the Club 
House shall be sent by mail to the address of a 
member given by her at the office ; but if none 
shall have been given, and the address cannot 
be ascertained, the notice shall be deposited in 
the Club box for letters, and all notices shall, 
ten days after such mailing or deposit, be deemed 



BY-LAWS 73 

to have been received by the person for whom 
intended. 

9. Hats, coats, wraps, etc., must not be 
left lying around the Club. The Club will not 
be responsible for any article unless left in the 
coat room and checked. Where a check has 
been mislaid or lost, a description of the article 
checked must be given to the servant in charge, 
who will thereupon deliver the same upon the 
signing of a receipt. 

COMMITTEES 
VII 

The Governors may appoint such sub-com- 
mittees to assist in the management of the Club 
as they may deem necessary. 

AMENDMENTS 
VIII 

1. The by-laws or any one of them may be 
amended or repealed or additional by-laws may 
be adopted by the Board of Governors at any 
regular or special meeting, provided however, 
that no amendment or repeal of any by-law shall 
be made and no additional by-law adopted unless 
notice of the proposed change is given at a pre- 
vious meeting. 



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2. The Governors may authorize the House 
Committee to form or amend house rules with- 
out consultation with them, and such rules or 
amendments must be presented to the Govern- 
ing Board at their next meeting. 



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